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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time to begin limited theatrical releases in June and August with English dub and sub.
May 2, 2008 (Cypress, CA) –Bandai Entertainment Inc. and Kadokawa Pictures USA announced The Girl Who Leapt Through Time will begin its limited theatrical run in the United States in June and August. The release will feature an English subtitled version (with original Japanese soundtrack) and an English dubbed version, playing at different theaters nationwide.
June 13th through 19th the film will play theatrically the same week at both the ImaginAsian Center in Los Angeles, which will feature the English subtitled version, and the ImaginAsian Theater in New York, which will feature the English dubbed version. On August 29th through September 4th the English subtitled version will play at Landmark Theatres’ Varsity Theatre in Seattle. Other theatrical dates will be announced soon. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (also known as TokiKake) was directed by Mamoru Hosoda with original character designs by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Evangelion) and features animation from Studio Madhouse. A continuation of the novel The Little Girl Who Conquered Time by Tsutsui Yasutaka, the film centers on a high school girl, Makoto, who gains the power to go backward in time after a near-death accident at a train crossing. Since its release, the film has received great critical accolades and international awards including the “Best Animated Film” at the thirty-ninth Sitges International Film Festival, “Animation Grand Award” at the sixty-first Mainichi Film Awards, “Animation of the Year” at the thirtieth Japan Academy Prize, and received “Animation of the Year” at the Tokyo International Anime Fair. The ImaginAsian Center Los Angeles is located at 251 South Main Street Los Angeles, California 90012. To contact the theater please call 213-617-1033 or visit www.iacenterla.com The ImaginAsian Theater New York is located at 239 East 59th Street, New York, NY, 10022. To contact the theater please call 212-371-6682 or visit www.theimaginasian.com The Landmark Theaters Varsity in Seattle is located at 4329 University Way N.E. Seattle, WA 98105. To contact the theater please call (206) 781-5755 or visit http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/Seattle/VarsityTheatre.htm For more information on THE GIRL WHO LEAP THROUGH TIME visit:
http://timeleap.bandai-ent.com/
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www.bandai-ent.com
www.kadokawapicturesusa.com About Bandai Entertainment Inc.
Bandai Entertainment Inc. is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings (USA) Inc. and the premier distributor of Japanese animation on DVD and programming for television broadcast in North America. Titles include The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Gundam Seed Destiny, My Hime, and many more. About Kadokawa Pictures USA
Kadokawa Pictures USA (KPUSA) the Los Angeles-based arm of the Japanese Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc. (KGH, Inc) expands its brand of content in the growing international world of multimedia. KPUSA, remakes films and distributes its film libraries of live-action and anime from over 1700 film titles. KGH, Inc. includes Kadokawa Shoten Publishing, one of the largest publishers in Japan with over 60 year history, and Kadokawa Pictures, Japan's major production and distribution division.
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